Pressed-steel journal-box for railway-cars.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1507.

. G. H. COCHRAN. PRESSED STEBL JOURNAL BOX- FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-23. 1905.

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v0. H. 000mm. PRBSSED STEEL JOURNAL BOX FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.23. 1905.

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Be itknown' that 1, CHARLES H. Cool-IRAN,

I of Avalon, in the county of Allegheny and indicated by dotted lines.-

' corrugated. "Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View on the line 111 Ill ofFig. 2. Fig. @l'is a front 3 end View of the blank, the sides and endportions having been pressed into shape. Fig.

' ished blank.

. Fig. 9 is a plan. View of the blank of thelug f I plate, the lines onwhich it is to be bent being plan View or the same, after it has beenbent and after the rivet-holes have'been punchedl I 'Fig. 11 is alongitudinal sectional View of the same. "plate blank, the lines onwhich it is to be bent being indicated by dotted lines.

. pressed. Fig. 14 is a plan view ofthe guide- State oflennsylvania,"and useful Pressed-Steel Journal-Box for.

' had to the accompanyingdrawings,in whl htional View of the 811.1116,sl'iowing the'rivet- ,view of the same, and Fig. 21 is a frontview ofthe same. i

. Like symbols of reference indicate like partswherever they occur;

have invented a new Railway-0ars, of which the following is a full, iclear, and exact description,rei'erence bemg Figure 1 is a plan viewofthe blank, the lines on which'the blank is to be bent being Fig. 2 is-aplan; view of the same after the blank has been l 5 is a plan View ofthe same. l1ig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View of the fin-Fig; 7 is a rear end view of the same. Fig. 8 is-a'plan View or thesame.

indicated by the dottedlines. Fig. '10 1S ':1

.Fig. 12- is a plan View of the guide.

Fig. 13 is a plan view of the same alter it has been.

plate, showing the aperture for the passage of the axle. Fig.15longiturhnal secholes in the side flange. Fig. 16' is aplan View of thehinge-clip blank. Fig. 17 is a side View of the clip alter it hasbeenformed.- Fig. 18 is aplan View of the same. Fig. 19 is anenlarged'longitudinal vei tical sectional view ol the finished box. Fig.- 20 isaplan l i My invention relates to an improvement ln' ournal-boxes-forrailway-cars and it eonsists in forming a ournal-box of pressed'i steelfrom two or more blanks, the main body of the box being Inadeof a lsingle piece cut to ,the proper shape and pressed. to the desired lform. V

- I will now describe my invention, so that I others skilled in, the artmay manufacture and use the same.

AvALoN PENNSYLVANIA-i 430x FoR RAiLwAY-oAns.

PatentedFt-zb. 26, 1307.

In the. drawing, 2 from which" the main made, the blank then placed in asuitable stamp. or press, and the corrugations 3 are pressed to asuitable "depth. The purpose of these corrugations is to form ribs 4 onthe outer face ofthe iinished box, between which are the cavitiesfi forthe passage of the bolts. After the blank 2 has been thus formed it isplaced in a suitable press, where by means of suitable dies it ispressed first to the form shown in Figs. 41'

and 5 and then to the form of the boX 6 shown in F 6, 7, and 8. r .Thebent and pressed body 6 is open at the front and rear, and the seam atthe top of the box is'not closed. To close this seam and to strengthenthe body of the boX,'I form what I call the lugplate" by cutting a blank7,(shown in Fig. 9,) pressing the plate to the finished form shown inFigs-1O and 11, and then punchingriveteholes 8 therein. is provided withdepending flanges 10, which whenthe plate is riveted to the top of thebody 6 form rests orstops for the brass or bearing of the journal-box,the-flange 10 represents the blank portion of the box is. being cut fromsheet-steel. to the form show-n iii-Fig. 1. This blanl 2 is] Thisplatealso forming'a rest forthe stop-wedge. The

plate also serves as a reinforcement to the shown in F '13, the flanges12, which are:-

fornied by the pressing, being provided with ri vet-holes 13, by meansof whichthe-plate is p riveted to the rear end of the box. Before beingso riveted, however, the elliptical a'per:

ture 14 is cut in. the plate for. the passage of the axle. I

v The hinge-clip 16, by Inean-sbf which the door is hinged to the box,lSfOIlIlGdfIOIR a suitable sheet-inetal blank 15, cut to the shape shownin llig. 16, which is then pressed and bent to the form 16 shownin Figs.17 and 18. This hinge-clip is provided with rivet-holes, by means ofwhich the clip is riveted to the-front edge-of the box, as'is shown inFigs. 1.9, 20, and 21.

The journal-box thus formed of pressedsteel is light,' strong, anddurable, and it is capable of being expenditure-of time and labor.

formed with the minimun'r Having thus described my invention, What Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Fat- 811), is

' A pressed-steel, joiirnal-box having a body portion formed of a singlepiece of pressed steel, .the edges of which meetv at the top, forming abeam, and a lug-plate overlapping the seam in the bodyportion andriveted I thereto, said lug-plate being provided With dependin front andside flanges; substzmtially as escribed. I

2. A pressed-steel journal-box comprising a body portion formed of asingle piece of my hand. V

i CHARLES H.--COCHR1N: Witnesses: I

GEO. B. BLEMING," JAMEs K. BAKEWELL.

